why was 'getaway' cancelled?

I found out that soho studios cancelled the production of the new getaway game. Now i can only assume that they saw GTA as too much as a threat and they wouldn't get the market?

Seriously though, after i completed GTA i sold the game were i would usually keep it and play its endlessly. Personally i would of gave the game 7.5/10, dissaponted with the endless 'drive miles' missions and poor 360 biased game engine. I was so hyped when i saw the getaway tech demo of London, and i just know i would of played that alot more.

Any reasons why they pulled it? (aswell as eight days)

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/30766/The-Getaway-PS3-cancelled

Check it out!

i also read it in N4G they said that sony had to canned 8 Days & The Gateway because they need to focus on Heavy Rain as it will be

the most important title for sony next year.

here

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/04/sony-stops-production-on-eight-days-and-the-getaway/

I'd like to think it's because the previous Getaway games were terrible and had barely any redeeming features.Silent-Hal

I only pitty for 8 days...x2926014

Yeah me too alan wake as well :(

The original official statement was to reallocate resources to benefit other projects.emitsu97

They also canned eightdays for this same reason.

Oops ryrulez had already put up a link to this story Sorry!:(

is on.

both were canceled because Sony thought that EyePet is more important to infest money in, i would LOVE to know what crack sony

is on.

king-micky207

[QUOTE="king-micky207"]both were canceled because Sony thought that EyePet is more important to infest money in, i would LOVE to know what crack sony

is on.

pirategunner

shut up :roll: my stupid google spell checker stopped working after gamespot changed their site design , and english is my second language.

EDIT: oh and i almost forget , posting with only smiles will get you modded since it's counted as "disruptive posting" , just thought i would give you a heads up.

[QUOTE="pirategunner"][QUOTE="king-micky207"]both were canceled because Sony thought that EyePet is more important to infest money in, i would LOVE to know what crack sony

is on.

king-micky207

shut up :roll: my stupid google spell checker stopped working after gamespot changed their site design , and english is my second language.

EDIT: oh and i almost forget , posting with only smiles will get you modded since it's counted as "disruptive posting" , just though i would give you a heads up.

Dont take it too serious dude! I love typos that kinda have a double meaning.pirategunner

i wasn't being too serious with that post :) i just wanted to point it out anyway, i can tell when people are joking or trolling,and i love typos that have double meaning too because it leaves you guessing :twisted: Why so Serious?:twisted:

Getaway cutscenes owned GTA. Thats gangster...not gang-banger-G-lords.

plus real cars and very nice HDR lighting which was non-existent in GTA.

I really am gutted, theres still a massive market in the EU for that game, don't understand it, all the effort team soho went to and all the data they acquired in London was a joke.